Sunak’s best man: can James Forsyth help save the Conservatives?
The former Spectator political editor’s arrival in No 10 has coincided with a steady Tory revival.
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Why the privileges committee must continue to investigate Boris Johnson
MPs accused of misconduct cannot assume they can escape sanction if they step down.
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Downing Street’s partygate lawlessness was a threat to public security
It is bizarre that every business understood the need to limit contact to avoid being paralysed by infections, but the…
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Boris Johnson’s Tory enablers should never be forgiven
Conservative MPs knew from the moment they chose Johnson as their leader that he was unfit for office.
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Boris Johnson has remade the British government in his own shambolic image
This government, like the man who leads it, has no higher mission than to win the next election.
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Of course the only person to resign over partygate is a woman
Women will learn from Allegra Stratton: never apologise.
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No 10 officials need to stand up to Boris Johnson, not appease him
If unchallenged, the Prime Minister will further contaminate the culture of the civil service with partygate, just as he has…
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Why didn’t Boris Johnson fear another partygate photos leak?
You hardly need to be Garry Kasparov to calculate that, when you throw people under the bus, there is a…
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Sue Gray: the civil servant who could bring down Boris Johnson
The civil servant once nicknamed “deputy god” for her power around Whitehall is expected to publish her report into "partygate" as soon…
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Will Boris Johnson survive the return of partygate?
The number of fines imposed by the Met could grow, and so too could calls for the Prime Minister’s resignation.
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“There was a god complex”: Adam Wagner on why Downing Street broke its own Covid rules
The No 10 parties have “all seemed egregious” to the barrister who spent two years tracking the UK’s pandemic legislation.
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How long will it take the Met Police to investigate No 10?
Sue Gray’s update on lockdown parties at Downing Street was damning but limited. Now the spotlight is on Scotland Yard.
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Sue Gray’s report leaves a bomb under Boris Johnson
It is now far harder for Downing Street to draw a line under the affair without ending Johnson’s premiership.
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Will Boris’s birthday bash be the turning point?
The latest revelations might render Tory MPs immune to even No 10’s whipping operation.
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Cressida Dick confirms Met Police will investigate No 10 parties
Scotland Yard has at last decided to investigate.
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Boris Johnson’s refusal to resign shows his utter shamelessness
Rather than respecting “the will of the people”, the Prime Minister is using all possible forms of political skulduggery to…
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What happens if Boris Johnson is found to have lied to parliament?
The ministerial code states that ministers who “knowingly mislead Parliament will be expected to offer their resignation to the Prime…
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WATCH: Dominic Raab calls No 10 lockdown drinks a “party” – before frantically backtracking
Don’t tell him, Pike!
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How bad can the polls get for Boris Johnson?
The public backlash from the Downing Street lockdown parties is starting to show in the polling.
The Conservative Party should never be forgiven for enabling Boris Johnson’s ascent
Today’s Tories have forfeited any right to be seen as the party of law and order and moral rectitude.
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